Taking responsibility

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• Proverbs 28:13

  He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

• Ezra 10:4

  Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:6–12

  Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: …

• Galatians 6:5–18

  For every man shall bear his own burden. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. …

• Luke 6:31

  And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

• Romans 5:3

  And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

• Ephesians 4:31–32

  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

• Proverbs 12:22

  Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

• Galatians 6:5

  For every man shall bear his own burden.

• Romans 12:2

  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Romans 5:4

  And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

• Job 19:4

  And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

• Hebrews 13:5

  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

• Romans 12:1

  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

• Colossians 3:23

  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

• Ephesians 4:26

  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

• Exodus 20:16

  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

• Romans 5:1

  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

• Numbers 30:2

  If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

• Acts 5:1–11

  But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? …

• Exodus 20:1–17

  And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. …

• 2 Kings 2:1–25

  And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. …

• Ephesians 6:12

  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

• 1 Peter 3:1–6

  Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; …

• 1 Corinthians 12:13

  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

• Colossians 3:1

  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

• Galatians 3:26–28

  For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

• Galatians 6:7

  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

• Deuteronomy 21:18–21

  If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. …

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

• Galatians 5:19–21

  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

• Joshua 7:6

  And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

• 2 Corinthians 5:10

  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

• Galatians 3:28

  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

• Proverbs 9:12

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

• Titus 1:15

  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.